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H; A. FLETCHER.

'RAILWAY RAIL. No. 249,328. Patented N0v.8,1881.`

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UNITED f STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, ENGLAND.

RAI LWAY-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 249,328, dated November "8, 1881.

Application led January 24,1881. (No model.) Patented in England June 11, 1880.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, HENRY ALLARso FLETCHER, ot' Lowca Engine Works, near Whitehaven, in .the county ot' Cumberland, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Permanent Way of Railways and Tramways, of which the following is a specification. I

My improvement relates to rails ust-d for the permanent way otrailwaysaud tran] ways, and has for its object to obtain more solid and irm support to the rails Without materially increasing the material.` y

The invention consists in an improved form or shape, thebase or lower Iiange being extended or spread out where it rests upon the.

sleeper orothersupport, instead ofbeingmade, as usual, .of a parallel forni throughout. The rail may also be strengthened where it rests upon the sleeper or other support 4by thickfning it at the extension.

In the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, Figures l to 5 are plan views ot rails havin g my improvement applied,

provement.

and showing various Inodications. to l1 are cross-sections of the spectively.

Similar'letters of ret'cience indicate corresponding parts. l

A is the rail, a the usual flange, and b the extension of the ange, constituting my iin- In Figs. l and 7 the ange is In Figs. 2 `and Figs. 7

spread equally on both sides.

several rails, re-

8 the ertension is on one side only. In Figs. 3 and 9 thedange is shown spread or-extended at both sides, but inclined. In Figs. 4 and 10 the extended or spread-out portion is at oppof.

site sides alternately. In Figs. 5 and 11 the extensionis shown in connection with the thickened portion.

The rail rests upon the sleeperor other support at its extended portion, so that a broad and rni support is given to the rail, with addition ot' only a small amount ot' material, and the rail is strengthened at those points.

In order to roll rails with feet ot the curvilinear form shown, it is only needful to cut iiat faces in the last groove ot' the rolls through which the rail passes. These flats may be replaced by curved or wavy forms, it' it is desired to produce feet ot' other shape, such as a parallel form, or one approaching it.

Havingthus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In railways and tramways, the rail A, having the side juttings or projections, b, at the place Where they rest on the sleepers, as described. y

The above specification signed by me this 24th day of June, 1880.

H; A. FLETCHER. [L. s] Witnesses:

W. WATSON,

Parton, Whitehaven. PETER GUNN,

-Moresby, Whitehaven. 

